Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) defied a court injunction and carried on with a planned strike on Wednesday.

Led by the union’s chairman, Ayuba Philibus Wabba, the protesters gathered in their numbers in Abuja to express their displeasure on the recent 67% increase in fuel prices.

On Monday, the Nigerian Ministry of Labour began talks behind closed doors with the trade unions but failed to reach an agreement at the end of the session on Tuesday at dawn. Trade Union Congress, the second labour union pulled out of the strike.